Exhibition
The Maranhão by Pierre Verger
16 March 2021 to 19 March 2022
Maranhão by Pierre Verger was on display at the CCVM from March 16, 2021 to March 19, 2022. Initially exhibited virtually, its doors were opened to the public with the reopening of the CCVM in October 2021.
Curated by historian Paula Porta, the exhibition brought the eyes of the French photographer, ethnologist, anthropologist and researcher Pierre Edouard Léopold Verger (1902 – 1996) on 80 photographs taken during the trip to Maranhão.
In line with her numerous works, the images displayed marked the presence of black culture in a daily life of resistance, expanding the understanding of religiosity, work, philosophy and so many other aspects that formed our culture, the heritage of the Black Atlantic.
The exhibition was signed by architects Claudia Afonso and Gabriel Gutierrez, who used fabrics dyed with red mangrove shells as exhibitors, in an allusion to the sails of the traditional vessels used by fishermen in our state. The production of the fabrics was carried out by the Estaleiro Escola do Maranhão.
Tour Virtual
The Maranhão by Pierre Verger
Curatorship
Paula Porta
Collection
Pierre Verger Foundation
Image enhancements and treatment
Ailton Silva
Dyeing and preparation of the cloths
Sebastião de Jesus Barros – Maranhão School Shipyard
Bibliography consulted
Ana Socorro Ramos BRAGA The Mission of the Daughters of St. John Antonio Farina in Brazil (1967-2017). (About the Feast of St. Raimundo dos Mulundus)
Maria Laura V. de Castro CAVALCANTI. “The Minas House of São Luís do Maranhão and the Não Agontimé Saga”. Rio de Janeiro, Sociology & Anthropology, 9, no. 2, 2019. Available online (presents the entire path of research on Casa das Minas).
Mundicarmo FERRETTI. “Identity and resistance in a São Luís mine yard: the Casa de Nagô”. In: VASCONCELLOS, Marcio. Nagon Abianton: a biographical and historical study of the Casa de Nagô. Sao Luis, 2009.
Sergio FERRETTI. Querebentã de Zomadônu. Ethnography of Casa das Minas. Rio de Janeiro, Pallas, 2019.
Angela LUHNING – “Pierre Fatumbi Verger and his work”. Salvador, Afro-Asia, 21-22, 1998-1999. p. 315-64.
Jean-Loup PIVIN and Pascal Martin SAINT-LÉON. Pierre Verger. Le Messager. The Go-Between. Photographies 1932-1962. Paris, Édition Revue Noire, 1993.
Maria do Rosário Carvalho SANTOS. Boboromina: Terreiros de São Luís, a sociocultural interpretation. Sao Luis, Secma/Sioge, 1989.
Pierre VERGER. 50 Years of Photography. Salvador, Pierre Verger Foundation, 2011.
Consultancy for identifying photographs
Jandir Goncalves
Luiz Phelipe Andres
Expography
Claudia Afonso and Gabriel Gutierrez
Lighting
Calu Zabel
Artistic Coordination
Gabriel Gutierrez
Visual Communication
Fabio Prata and Flávia Nalon (ps.2)
Assembly
Diones Caldas, Fabio Nunes and Marcos Ferreira
Photography
Rafaela Netto
Translator
Lais Catassini
Production
Edizio Moura, Pablo Adriano, Samara Regina and Deyla Rabelo
Painting
Gilvan Brito
Electrical
Jozenilson Loyal
Locksmiths
Jose de Souza Cantanhede
Woodworking
Edson Diniz Moraes
Artistic Direction and Coordination
Gabriel Gutierrez
Steering Assistance
Deyla Rabelo
Coordination of the Educational Program
Ubirata Trindade
Educators
Alcenilton Reis Junior
Erick Araújo
Maeleide Moraes Lopes
Trainees from the Educational Program
Amanda Everton
Carlos Eduardo Oliveira de Carvalho
Gabriel dos Anjos Costa
Communication Coordination
Edizio Moura
Photography, Design and Communication Assistance
Clarissa Vieira
Production Coordination
Alex de Oliveira
Production
Pablo Adriano Silva Santos
Samara Regina
Financial Coordination
Ana Beatris Silva (On Account)
Financial
Tayane Inojosa
Administrative
Ana Celia Freitas Santos
Reception
Adiel Lopes
Jaqueline Ponçadilha
Jose de Ribamar Pinheiro Ferreira
Janitorial
Fabio Rabelo
Kaciane Costa Marques
Luzineth Nascimento Rodrigues
Security
Raimundo Vilaca
Izaias Souza Silva
Raimundo Bastos
Charles Rodrigues
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Luiz Eduardo Osorio
President of the Audit Board
Rodrigo Lauria
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Chief Executive Officer
Hugo Guimaraes Barreto Filho
Executive Director
Flavia Martins Constant
Director
Christiana Saldanha
The Maranhão by Pierre Verger
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